# Setup: STT APIs

There are three options for speech to text APIs that you can use with this system.

Check them out individually for extra setup instruction.

1. [IBM Watson STT](https://autoedit.gitbook.io/user-manual/setup-stt-apis/setup-stt-apis-ibm)
2. [Speechmatics](https://autoedit.gitbook.io/user-manual/setup-stt-apis/setup-stt-apis-speechmatics)
3. [AssemblyAI](https://autoedit.gitbook.io/user-manual/setup-stt-apis/setup-stt-apis-assemblyai)
4. [Gentle STT](https://autoedit.gitbook.io/user-manual/setup-stt-apis/setup-stt-apis-gentle) (Open Source, needs a separate app for setup)
5. Pocketsphinx (Open Source, integrate inside of autoEdit, no extra setup needed)
6. [Rev - Transcriptions service](https://autoedit.gitbook.io/user-manual/setup-stt-apis/setup-stt-apis-rev)

## Overview <a href="#overview" id="overview"></a>

### IBM Watson STT Service <a href="#ibm-watson-stt-service" id="ibm-watson-stt-service"></a>

#### Pros:

* 16 hours a month included in service. 0.02 cent a minute after that [see pricing](https://console.ng.bluemix.net/catalog/services/speech-to-text).
* Speed. In autoEdit, always takes 5 minutes to transcribe any duration of audio or video.
* Generally pretty accurate (my opinion, judge for yourself)
* Supports a number of languages [see here](https://console.ng.bluemix.net/catalog/services/speech-to-text). Including distinction between British and American English.

#### Cons:

* Need to provide card details for pay as you go fee.
* is in the cloud so no offline support.

[Check out for extra setup instructions for IBM](https://autoedit.gitbook.io/user-manual/setup-stt-apis/setup-stt-apis-ibm).

### Speechmatics STT Service <a href="#ibm-watson-stt-service" id="ibm-watson-stt-service"></a>

* 1 hour free credit with new account&#x20;
* Easy to setup credentials&#x20;
* Generally pretty accurate (my opinion, judge for yourself)
* [28 languages, see full list](https://www.speechmatics.com/language-support/) Including support for "accent agnostic global english".

### AssemblyAI STT Service <a href="#ibm-watson-stt-service" id="ibm-watson-stt-service"></a>

* &#x20;Free tier: 5 hours free per month
* Competitive pricing at $0.0003 per second
* Easy to setup credentials&#x20;
* Generally very accurate (my opinion, judge for yourself)
* For now only support for English but more coming soon

### Gentle Open Source STT <a href="#gentle-open-source-stt" id="gentle-open-source-stt"></a>

#### Pros:

* Free as in free speech as well as in free beer.
* Working locally on your machine. No internet connection needed because of that, good for sensitive material.
* Open source [github repo](https://lowerquality.com/gentle) and [I made a node module to work with the API](https://github.com/OpenNewsLabs/gentle_stt_node) .

#### Cons:

* Not as accurate as IBM one (in my opinion, but decide for yourself).
* Only support US english STT.
* In autoEdit, at the moment not as fast as IBM one, takes a little longer then the length of the media. (eg 27 min takes 30 min to transcribe).

[Check out for extra setup instructions for Gentle](https://github.com/pietrop/autoEdit_2_user_manual/tree/d5c8cea5ec4e2a1cee11515e8a838d832407badc/setup-stt-apis-gentle.md).

### Pocketsphinx Open Source STT <a href="#pocketsphinx-open-source-stt" id="pocketsphinx-open-source-stt"></a>

#### Pros:

* Free as in free speech as well as in free beer.
* working locally on your machine. no internet connection needed because of that, good for sensitive material.
* [Open source module in autoEdit ](https://github.com/OpenNewsLabs/autoEdit_2)originally extracted from [Videogrep](https://github.com/antiboredom/videogrep) project.

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#### Cons:

* Not as accurate as IBM or Gentle.
* Only support US english STT.
* in autoEdit, at the moment not as fast as IBM one, takes a little longer then the length of the media. (eg 27 min takes 30 min to transcribe).

Pocketsphinx does not require extra setup to use.

### Rev Transcription service <a href="#rev-transcription-service" id="rev-transcription-service"></a>

#### Pros:

* [Transcription service from real humans](https://www.rev.com/transcription)
* In theory more accurate then automated transcriptions
* word level timestamps&#x20;

#### Cons:

* Price more expensive then automated transcriptions
* Turnaround slower then automated transcriptions.

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